ABP Group

	Logo used since 2020
Company type	Private
Industry	Mass media
Founded	13 March 1922; 103 years ago
Founders	Prafulla Kumar Sarkar
Headquarters	Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Key people	Dhruba Mukherjee; (CEO)
Revenue	₹500 crore (US$59 million) (2022)
Website	www.abp.in
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ABP Group (Ananda Bazar Patrika) is an Indian media conglomerate headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal. It was established in 1922.

History

The company in recent years did mass layoff at various times.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Current assets

Publishing

Ananda Publisher is one of the leading and prominent publisher in bengali language. Since 1957 Ananda Publications is publishing books in Bengali Language with eminent Bengali writers like Sunil Gangopadhyay, Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, Satyajit Ray Saradindo Bandopadhyay, Samaresh Majumdar and more.^[6]

Famous Bengali Series

Byomkesh

Feluda

Kakababu

etc were published by Ananda Publications.

Newspapers

Anandabazar Patrika – Bengali-language daily newspaper^[7]

The Telegraph – English-language daily newspaper.

Magazines

Anandamela
Sananda
Anandalok
Desh
Boier Desh
The Telegraph in Schools (TTIS)

TV news channels

Channel	Language	Notes
ABP News	Hindi	Formerly Star News
ABP Ananda	Bengali	Formerly Star Ananda
ABP Majha	Marathi	Formerly Star Majha
ABP Asmita	Gujarati

Digital news channels

Channel	Language
ABP Sanjha	Punjabi
ABP Ganga	Hindi
ABP Bihar	Hindi
ABP Live	Hindi
ABP Nadu^[8]	Tamil
ABP Desam^[9]	Telugu

Defunct entertainment channel

Channel	Language	Launch	Defunct
Sananda TV	Bengali	25 July 2011	7 November 2012

References

^ "ABP PRIVATE LIMITED - Revenue, Net Worth, Profits & More". Archived from the original on 25 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
^ "ABP Group to sack 150 employees in third round of downsizing". Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
^ "Kolkata's ABP Group That Runs Telegraph Fires 700, Staff Journalists Call It a Massacre". 2 February 2022. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
^ "HT and ABP layoffs: Cult of profits leading to sackings, not demonetisation as organisations claim". 14 February 2017. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
^ "Bengal's Iconic Anandabazar Patrika Group to Sack 40% of its Staff". 9 December 2016. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
^ "Ananda Pun".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2012 — Quarter 2" (PDF). HANSA Research. 2012. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2013.
^ "ABP Network Expands Horizon: Launches ABP Nadu For Tamil Users". news.abplive.com. 15 April 2021. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
^ "ABP Network Launches Telugu Digital Platform 'ABP Desam'". news.abplive.com. 30 July 2021. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

External links

Official website

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[1] "ABP PRIVATE LIMITED - Revenue, Net Worth, Profits & More". Archived from the original on 25 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.

[2] "ABP Group to sack 150 employees in third round of downsizing". Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.

[3] "Kolkata's ABP Group That Runs Telegraph Fires 700, Staff Journalists Call It a Massacre". 2 February 2022. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.

[4] "HT and ABP layoffs: Cult of profits leading to sackings, not demonetisation as organisations claim". 14 February 2017. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.

[5] "Bengal's Iconic Anandabazar Patrika Group to Sack 40% of its Staff". 9 December 2016. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.

[6] "Ananda Pun".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[7] "Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2012 — Quarter 2" (PDF). HANSA Research. 2012. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2013.

[:1-8] "ABP Network Expands Horizon: Launches ABP Nadu For Tamil Users". news.abplive.com. 15 April 2021. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2021.

[:2-9] "ABP Network Launches Telugu Digital Platform 'ABP Desam'". news.abplive.com. 30 July 2021. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

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v t e ABP Group
Owners	Ashok Kumar Sarkar Aveek Sarkar Prafulla Kumar Sarkar
Broadcasting	ABP Ananda ABP Asmita ABP Live ABP Majha ABP News ABP Sanjha
Publishing	Anandabazar Patrika Anandalok Anandamela Boiyer Desh Desh Sananda The Telegraph The Telegraph in Schools Aaro Ananda
Other activities	Ananda Publishers Ananda Puraskar

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